"I was? Must've forgotten." Dolores said carefully, very aware that he hadn't bothered to take his knife. He turned over to the troll, the knife in hand and cut out some of it's teeth. "This'll sell well in the markets, genuine troll teeth." He handed the bloody knife back to Lance, and the bloody troll teeth disappeared into his clothes.

“Good thinking, we need some trophies to take back.” Wolf says. He lifts his sword and slices off the trolls head. He picks the head up and puts it into the bag he was given. “Hmm, guess we’ll take these little guys too.” Wolf says, as he picks up a couple of dead gnomes by the ankle.

The group made then made their way out of the town and back to the guild to claim their rewards. Upon arriving, they were greeted by the guards and allowed entry to the guild. The doors opened to reveal the same crowds of heroes doing any and all types of business. Leonard sat behind the same large counter with his book and quill, handing out quests to everyone around.

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“Hey look, chubby man is there. I’m gonna show him this things head :Happydio:” Wolf says, rushing up to the counter. As he approached, Leonard looked up and gave a big smile towards the new adventurers and says, “Welcome back heroes! I suspect those gnomes didn’t cause you too much harm.”

Wolf lifts the trolls head out of his bag and slaps it on the table, then throws the lifeless demon gnomes on top. Leonard looked at him as if he was in a state of shock. The trolls head almost covered Leonard from Wolf behind the counter. Wolf stepped to the side and said, “When we got there, everyone was dead. These little bastards turned into evil monster things. Then this big son of a bitch came out of nowhere but, as you can see,” Wolf pauses, slightly grinning and pointing back to his teammates, “:Cherubi: we got it handled.”

Leonard looked back at the group with the same frozen look of shock and asked, “Is this true?!”

"So." A deep voice was heard, and Carla looked out to whomever it belonged.

"Eek, it's you!" Carla said as she recognized him. It was the large man she ran into earlier.

"Oh, you managed to get into the guild." The man said with a tint of disappointment as he saw Carla. He then looked at the others; They didn't seem impressive to him except maybe Wolf; that one had the build of a warrior. He then sighed.

"That's just plain sad; They let anyone in these days." He then went to the counter and grabbed the troll's head with just one hand; He would easily crush it. bits of the skull went flying everywhere and blood covered the whole counter.

"Hah! You kids are proud of beating this piece of shit?! Look at how I easily tore that thing apart.

Don't get too cocky, brats. It's only going to get worse. Just go back to wherever you came from."

Lance kinda just stood there in the background, the only time he did anything after getting back into the guild was nod when Leonard asked for confirmation on whether the story was true or not. After the douchebag splattered the troll head all over the counter Lance moved a bit closer to the chubby man "My apologies, Sir Leonard, would you like me to assist you in cleaning this mess up?" he asked politely.

The man grabbed the bone piece Dolores flicked back and crushed it into powder with his thumb and pointing finger.

"You've got a big mouth for a new kid on the block." Faster than anyone could see, he would grab Dolores by his head. "Tch, You're lucky you're worth shit." He said, throwing away Dolores a few feet from where he was.

"What's your problem?! He just said what all-" Carla said, defending Dolores, but the man looked at the whole group fiercely. Carla knew better and just shut her trap off.

"Good. Maybe with this you will know your place better next time, morons!" He said, throwing some sort of card in the ground before walking away from the group.

"God, what a jerk!...What's this?" Carla said as she picked up the card. Her eyes then opened with bewilderment: "H-He's a sapphire rank member?!" She read on it.

“Where do you think you’re going chump?” Wolf called out to the man, a fiery look in his eyes. “You think you can just come up all cool like and smash this thing like that? This fuckin head was supposed to get me some big tiddy sluts! :Beerus:”

Wolf chased him down and reared back to punch him before a couple guards had rushed to stop him. They grabbed him by both arms and led him back to the counter, whole Wolf struggled the whole way. “Lemme go im gonna kick that guys ass for this! :Beerus: x 100!” Wolf snarled at the guards and fought their grip but, was no match for a guard of Falconia. They dropped him by his group and went back to their normal patrol.

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Leonard looked at the group with a look of relief and said, “Don’t worry about this. Some of the older heroes try to haze the newcomers.” He leaned in closer and said in a lower tone, “If you ask me, they only do it so newcomers won’t take their glory.” He finishes smugly.

“Well, you guys go see Jaegar at the armory. He has a nice surprise for you that is fitting for accomplishing a task far greater than what we expected. You guys be good now, and no fighting Wolf.”

Leonard gave Dolores a stern look and said in a sharp tone, “To the armory.”

With that, the group made their way back to where the originally got their quest. Jaegar was still sat behind the counter and bars, a look of boredom on his face as he picked away at his nails. He looked up and said, “Welcome back newbies. Did you manager to fend off the gnomes.” He says with a sarcastic tone.

The group filled him in on the details and their story was backed up after Leonard sent a guard to deliver proof of their task. Jaegar then looks back at the group and says, “Well congratulations meat. Looks like you’re getting a promotion to silver class. Head to the large door in the back of my armory. Through there you’ll see where you’ll be heading from now on.”

The group makes their way through the door to a similar looking armory room, however with much better equipment at their disposal. Off to one side of the room was a similar set of bars with a counter in the first armory, however this time they were greeted with what appeared to be a ghost behind the counter. It montioned for them to get close then said as they approached, “Hello hello. Fan Tasm is the name. Welcome to silver class.” He says with a large grin. “Here’s some new quiet for you little rascals as well. Each one more tailored to your needs.”

Fan reached behind the counter and pulled out larger, more intricate bags with the names of each adventurer. Wolf, Dolores, and Midorito’s bags each contained sets of armor with silver finish and their initial on the left chest area, along with new boots as well. Lances bag had a light, chai mail type shirt and pants set to provide protection and allow him to move easier. Carla’s bag contained a well made shrin maiden outfit with steel plates woven in to cover her vitals. She also had an assortment of potions to help maintain her magic.

“Now that you all have your bags, go ahead and pick a weapon off the wall here, assuming you don’t want your bronze junk still.” Fan says with a snicker.

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Wolf looked around in amazement at all the new weapons. Upon getting his new item bag, he opened it up like a kid opening Christmas presents. “Do you guys see this? This armor is badass :Happydio:!” Wolf says with a look of amazement. He quickly fitted himself with his new armor, leaving the sleeved part off so his arms would be free to move.

Wolf then runs over to the wall and grabbed a two handed sword mounted on the wall. The sword was shaped in an almost katana like form, only wider and with a serrated edgeon the back. The blade was the same silver finish as the armor he was given and the handle sported two wolves on either side.

“This. This one is mine.” Wolf says, not taking his eyes off the blade.

"A bit too much. However, I appreciate the sentiment." Dolores complimented as he placed his bag back on the desk. He walked to the wall filled with weapons and took three bombs, four smoke bombs, two flour bombs. He placed them into his bad.